Bottle cap



c. w. WAGNER.

BOTTLE GAP. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I3, 1920.

1,402,124, Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

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CLEAVEB W. WAGNER, 0F DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA,

BOTTLE CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 3, 1922.

Application filed September 13, 1920. Serial No. 409,831.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLnAvER W. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Monteur` and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Caps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The object of my invention is to provide in one device, or implement, means for the removal of the well known paper cap for milk bottles and a cap, or closure, to take the place of the one removed, and for the attainment of this object my invention consists in the bottle cap constructed substantially as hereinafter specified and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

F ig. l is a perspective view of a bottle cap embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the upper part of a milk bottle showing the cap in place.

My invention comprises a circular cap or disk, l0, preferably, but not necessarily, of metal which forms the cover' for the bottle, a pair of like arms, ll, that diverge downward and outward from the underside oli the cap which tend to spring outward and engage with spring pressure the inner sides of the bottle neck at their lower ends, and a handle 12, conveniently of ring form and located on the top side of the cap. The arms and handle are made preferably of a single piece of wire that is bent to the desired shape and which passes through holes in the cap at the narrowest or most contracted portion of the combined handle and arm so that the parts are kept in the desired relative position. At the lower ends the arms are curved inward or toward each other so as to form rounded surfaces that will readily enter the bottle mouth and easily slide over the inner sides of the bottle neck. One of the Yarms at its lower end is sharpened to produce a penetrating point, 13, that extends at substantially right angle to the arm which may be thrust or hooked in the original paper cap of the bottle for the purpose of removing it. Of course, the extremities of both arms might be pointed, but one is suilicient. The outward divergence of the arms besides giving the form or shape that renders the arms efficient as holding devices for the cap when applied to the bottle, gives the necessary space between the extremities for the application of the pointed hook-shaped end of one arm to the original paper cap and by the inward extension of the point places it in a guarded position where damage or injury is prevented. The holes provided for the passage of the arms are closely filled by the latter andhence the complete sealing of the top of the bottle is assured.

Below the cap, l0, one or both arms, 1l, may have an integral lug, or ear, lll, offset to engage the underside of thercap, l0, to aid in preventing downward movement of the cap, over the arms, 11.

lVhat I claim is:

' l. A bottle cap comprising a closure consisting of a thin cap and downwardly and outwardly diverging spring arms, at least one of which is bent inward and is pointed, and a handle on the side of the closure opposite the arms, the arms being extended below the closure cap with their lower extremities wholly free from such cap.

2. A bottle cap comprising a closure consisting of a thin cap and downwardly and outwardly diverging spring arms, at least one of which is bent inward and pointed, vand a handle consisting of a ring on the opposite side of the closure, said ring and arms being a single piece, the arms being extended below the closure cap with their lower extremities wholly free from such cap.

3. A bottle cap comprising a closure consisting of a thin cap, a handle and holding device composed or outwardly diverging spring arms on one side of the closure, the extremity of one of the arms being bent inwardly and pointed, and a handle on the opposite side of the closure consisting of a ring of greater diameter than the distance between the arms where they begin to diverge, the perforations being filled where the arms pass therethrough, the arms being extended below the closure cap with their lower extremities wholly free from such cap.V

In testimony whereof l hereunto affix my signature.

CLEAVER W. WAGNER. 

